Washington Post : People are using bitcoin’s system to share child pornography, researchers say
Thursday, 22 March 2018 14:30
German researchers have found about 1,600 files of non-financial data, some of which link to or contain child pornography and other objectionable material, on the system that stores bitcoin transactions. The discovery could place certain users of the bitcoin network in legal jeopardy, the researchers said, and could pose an obstacle for greater adoption…
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Washington Post : AT&T and the Justice Department are set to offer opening arguments in the Time Warner trial
Thursday, 22 March 2018 14:48
AT&T and the Justice Department are expected to clash in federal court Thursday as the two sides begin oral arguments in a landmark antitrust trial over the purchase of Time Warner — the first such court case since the Nixon administration. Government lawyers will argue that AT&T's…
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Washington Post : Mark Zuckerberg says Facebook will audit thousands of apps after ‘breach of trust’
Wednesday, 21 March 2018 20:05
Mark Zuckerberg on Wednesday said Facebook will audit thousands of apps in response to the “breach of trust” created by Cambridge Analytica — the chief executive's first comments since a crisis erupted Friday over data siphoned by the political marketing firm used by the Trump campaign. In a…
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Washington Post : Go ahead and #DeleteFacebook. But here’s the change we really need.
Wednesday, 21 March 2018 19:48
A storm dubbed #DeleteFacebook is brewing in techie communities, on Twitter and — irony alert — on Facebook. The idea is this time is different from all the other times the social network has violated our trust. The co-founder of WhatsApp Brian Acton, who became a billionaire…
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Washington Post : AT&T offered this deal to 1,000 competitors to address concerns over Time Warner. Twenty have accepted.
Tuesday, 20 March 2018 20:12
As it became clear in November that the Department of Justice was heading for a legal showdown with AT&T over its Time Warner merger, the telecom giant offered a proposal that it said would address the government’s concerns about competition. But thus far, only two percent of AT&T's rivals have expressed…
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Liberty Blitzkrieg: ‘Whataboutism’ is a Nonsensical Propaganda Term Used to Defend the Failed Status Quo
Tuesday, 20 March 2018 17:10
If you spend any time on Twitter, you’ll probably be familiar with the latest pathetic attempt to defend and insulate the U.S. status quo from criticism. It centers around the usage of an infantile and meaningless term, “whataboutism.” Let’s begin with one particularly absurd accusation of “whataboutism”…
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Washington Post : Calls for Facebook to testify to Congress are growing louder — and bipartisan
Monday, 19 March 2018 17:46
Congressional calls for Facebook to testify on Capitol Hill grew louder and more bipartisan Monday, as lawmakers demanded that the tech giant explain how a data analytics firm that worked for President Trump’s campaign obtained names, “likes” and other personal information on 50 million people. The increasingly…
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Washington Post : Hey, Melania Trump, here’s how you could actually help stop cyberbullying
Monday, 19 March 2018 19:42
Melania Trump set off a nationwide eye roll when she announced she would fight cyberbullying as first lady. Taking a hammer to the tweeter in chief’s smartphone would certainly send a message. Irony aside, what if she’s being earnest? After a year of little more than speeches…
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Washington Post : Cambridge Analytica CEO appears to talk about using bribes and sex workers to sway elections on secretly recorded news video
Monday, 19 March 2018 20:47
A British television station broadcast video Monday apparently showing the head of the data analysis firm Cambridge Analytica, which worked for President Trump’s 2016 campaign, talking about using bribes, traps involving sex workers and other unethical tactics to swing elections around the world. The broadcast by Channel 4 News…
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Washington Post : Apple is fighting to regain its position in America’s classrooms
Tuesday, 20 March 2018 17:32
Apple’s next splashy product announcement won’t be from its new campus in Cupertino, Calif. It will take place at a magnet high school on the north side of Chicago — a signal that Apple isn’t ready to let go of the education market it once dominated. Apple has…
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